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+See the [contribution guidelines for fugitive.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.markdown).
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     set completeopt-=preview
 
-## Contributing
-
-See the contribution guidelines for
-[fugitive.vim](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive#readme).
-
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